ARA Heroína (D-12)
ARA Heroína | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Argentina | |
| Name | Heroína |
| Builder | Blohm + Voss Shipyards, Hamburg, West Germany |
| Launched | 17 February 1982 |
| Commissioned | October 1983 |
| Out of service | Spring 2024 |
| Status | Decommissioned |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Almirante Brown-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 3,360 tons |
| Length | 126 m (413 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 14 m (45 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 30.5 knots (56.5 km/h; 35.1 mph) |
| Range | 4,500 mi (7,200 km) |
| Complement | 224 |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 Aérospatiale AS 555 Fennec helicopter |
| Aviation facilities | Single hangar |
ARA Heroína (pennant number D-12) was the third ship of the MEKO 360H2 series of four destroyers built for the Argentine Navy. The ship was the third ship in the history of the Argentine Navy to bear the name of the corsair frigate Heroína, which claimed the Falkland Islands for the United Provinces of the River Plate on 6 November 1820.
The Argentine Navy has struggled to meet maintenance and training requirements because of financial problems and import restrictions. In the early 2010s it was reported that the Almirante Brown class were short of spares, suffering engine problems and ordnance, at that time, was past its expiry date. Heronia herself had a prolonged period of inactivity and she was formally taken out of service in early 2024.